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R& Z win promotion in Northern Senior Track & Field
The hard copy of the results of the Northern Senior T&F League Division 3E on Sunday 7th at Whitley Bay came with a covering letter from Stuart Pailor, Divisional Secretary, and the first paragraph read in part "congratulations to RZH on snatching the 2nd promotion spot right on the line" - now we can party!
The Club went into the last fixture in 4th place, too far behind Seaton AC but close enough to New Marske Harriers andd Tynedale to consider the challenge. There were several key men missing but O’Neil Wolfe chose the perfect time to “come out to play” and although Coach and Manager Fiona Hughes only had five women available, she lead by example and altogether the Club managed to fill 51 out 66 individual slots and 3 out of 4 relays. There were impressive performances all through the card: A-string wins for Ruth Suffell in the javelin, Jon Orange in the 5000m, Noveed Adris in the 110m hurdles and John Wild in the hammer; there were B-string wins for Ken Harker in the 1500m, Shaun Purkiss in the 5000m, Matt Prosser in the 110m hurdles and O’Neil Wolfe in the 400m hurdles; Sarah Gregory recorded PBs in both the 1500m and 3000m; Jo Adams made a great debut in Senior competition, finishing 2nd in the discus and 3rd in the 800m; Chris Archer also made his debut and ran inside 60 seconds for 400m and Mike Brooks ran a season’s best in the steeplechase.
RZH results: Women - Jo Adams (U17) 800m 2:37.1, discus 24m78 & javelin 11m85; Sarah Gregory 1500m 5:42.5, 3000m 11:57.7, hammer 16m08, discus 12m30 & shot 5m30; Fiona Hughes 200m 34.2, 1500m 6:00.2, 3000m 12:41.2, 100m hurdles 21.7, 400m hurdles 88.4 & long jump 3m44; Erica Moks (U20) 100m 14.9, 400m 71.8, 800m 2:45.4, 400m hurdles 83.1 & long jump 3m17; Ruth Suffell 100m 16.4, 200m 34.7, javelin 28m63 & shot 6m98; 4x100m relay 60.0: Men - Noveed Adris 100m 12.2, 200m 26.6, 110m hurdles 19.1 & 400m hurdles 66.7; Chris Archer (U20) 400m 59.3; Mike Brooks (M55) 3000m steeplechase 12:29.9; Ken Harker 800m 2:03.5 & 1500m 4:32.0; Jon Orange (M40) 1500m 4:17.6 & 5000m 15:53.7; Chris Peacock (M40) 400m 62.4, hammer 13m15, discus 15m18 & javelin 22m37; Matt Prosser (U20) 100m 12.1, 110m hurdles 19.7, shot 7m34 & long jump 4m87; Shaun Purkiss (M40) 5000m 17:42.4; James Wardman 800m 2:03.0; John Wild (M50) hammer 34m19, discus 33m90, javelin 31m34 & shot 9m05; O’Neil Wolfe 200m 24.2, 400m hurdles 62.6, long jump 5m11 & triple jump 12m00; 4x100m relay 50.2 & 4x400m relay 3:51.9.
Seaton AC won the match and RZH finished second. Seaton AC were promoted as Champions with 31 League points and RZH were runners-up with 23 points, one point more than NMH - who slipped to 6th behind Tynedale when they couldn’t muster a team for the 4x400m relay, the last event of the day - and RZH snatched the 2nd promotion spot right on the line!
BOFRA Series Farleton Knot Fell Race
Away from T&F and onto the Fells, Gary Bastow continued his BOFRA season, finishing 7th overall and 1st M45 in the Farleton Knot Fell Race in Cumbria. Seven places and nearly four minutes behind the winner might appear a big margin, but when the winner is Mark Croasdale, former GB fell and marathon international with a 2:16 PB and the current English team manager who is leading the Series, then the gap doesn’t appear quite so large. Although Gary isn’t first in his M45 category he is well placed, having 287 points from 5 races, behind last year’s winner, Paul Tuson who has 425 points from 8 races with the best 8 from 13 races to score in this year's BOFRA series.
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